Our hearts are overflowing. Our family is complete.❤️ . Cassius Watts Thoreau Kennedy, born the 30th of Aug at 1:28pm . We named him Cassius for the great Muhammad Ali, who sacrificed millions, relinquished his titles and went to prison, rather than participating in an unjust war. Thoreau, for Henry David Thoreau, who chose jail over the support of slavery. And Watts, for Alan Watts, lifelong student and teacher of nonviolence, who plays his own role in our love story. . All in all, this baby better learn to read fast! . Til then, he is snugged in the arms of his big sisters and showered in our love. May he stand on the shoulders of his namesakes and live life as a fighter for peace.
Our hearts are overflowing. Our family is complete.❤️ . Cassius Watts Thoreau Kennedy, born the 30th of Aug at 1:28pm . We named him Cassius for the great Muhammad Ali, who sacrificed millions, relinquished his titles and went to prison, rather than participating in an unjust war. Thoreau, for Henry David Thoreau, who chose jail over the support of slavery. And Watts, for Alan Watts, lifelong student and teacher of nonviolence, who plays his own role in our love story. . All in all, this baby better learn to read fast! . Til then, he is snugged in the arms of his big sisters and showered in our love. May he stand on the shoulders of his namesakes and live life as a fighter for peace.
Our hearts are overflowing. Our family is complete.❤️ . Cassius Watts Thoreau Kennedy, born the 30th of Aug at 1:28pm . We named him Cassius for the great Muhammad Ali, who sacrificed millions, relinquished his titles and went to prison, rather than participating in an unjust war. Thoreau, for Henry David Thoreau, who chose jail over the support of slavery. And Watts, for Alan Watts, lifelong student and teacher of nonviolence, who plays his own role in our love story. . All in all, this baby better learn to read fast! . Til then, he is snugged in the arms of his big sisters and showered in our love. May he stand on the shoulders of his namesakes and live life as a fighter for peace.
Our hearts are overflowing. Our family is complete.❤️ . Cassius Watts Thoreau Kennedy, born the 30th of Aug at 1:28pm . We named him Cassius for the great Muhammad Ali, who sacrificed millions, relinquished his titles and went to prison, rather than participating in an unjust war. Thoreau, for Henry David Thoreau, who chose jail over the support of slavery. And Watts, for Alan Watts, lifelong student and teacher of nonviolence, who plays his own role in our love story. . All in all, this baby better learn to read fast! . Til then, he is snugged in the arms of his big sisters and showered in our love. May he stand on the shoulders of his namesakes and live life as a fighter for peace.
Our hearts are overflowing. Our family is complete.❤️ . Cassius Watts Thoreau Kennedy, born the 30th of Aug at 1:28pm . We named him Cassius for the great Muhammad Ali, who sacrificed millions, relinquished his titles and went to prison, rather than participating in an unjust war. Thoreau, for Henry David Thoreau, who chose jail over the support of slavery. And Watts, for Alan Watts, lifelong student and teacher of nonviolence, who plays his own role in our love story. . All in all, this baby better learn to read fast! . Til then, he is snugged in the arms of his big sisters and showered in our love. May he stand on the shoulders of his namesakes and live life as a fighter for peace.
Our hearts are overflowing. Our family is complete.❤️ . Cassius Watts Thoreau Kennedy, born the 30th of Aug at 1:28pm . We named him Cassius for the great Muhammad Ali, who sacrificed millions, relinquished his titles and went to prison, rather than participating in an unjust war. Thoreau, for Henry David Thoreau, who chose jail over the support of slavery. And Watts, for Alan Watts, lifelong student and teacher of nonviolence, who plays his own role in our love story. . All in all, this baby better learn to read fast! . Til then, he is snugged in the arms of his big sisters and showered in our love. May he stand on the shoulders of his namesakes and live life as a fighter for peace.
Our hearts are overflowing. Our family is complete.❤️ . Cassius Watts Thoreau Kennedy, born the 30th of Aug at 1:28pm . We named him Cassius for the great Muhammad Ali, who sacrificed millions, relinquished his titles and went to prison, rather than participating in an unjust war. Thoreau, for Henry David Thoreau, who chose jail over the support of slavery. And Watts, for Alan Watts, lifelong student and teacher of nonviolence, who plays his own role in our love story. . All in all, this baby better learn to read fast! . Til then, he is snugged in the arms of his big sisters and showered in our love. May he stand on the shoulders of his namesakes and live life as a fighter for peace.
Our hearts are overflowing. Our family is complete.❤️ . Cassius Watts Thoreau Kennedy, born the 30th of Aug at 1:28pm . We named him Cassius for the great Muhammad Ali, who sacrificed millions, relinquished his titles and went to prison, rather than participating in an unjust war. Thoreau, for Henry David Thoreau, who chose jail over the support of slavery. And Watts, for Alan Watts, lifelong student and teacher of nonviolence, who plays his own role in our love story. . All in all, this baby better learn to read fast! . Til then, he is snugged in the arms of his big sisters and showered in our love. May he stand on the shoulders of his namesakes and live life as a fighter for peace.
Imagine if we had spent a trillion dollars not on tanks and missiles and rifles, but on hospitals and universities, internet and roads, girls empowerment and human rights. . Instead, two decades’ worth of politicians, generals, and diplomats poured more money and weapons and bodies into a war they have known for many years to be lost. . May we honor the thousands of Afghan and American lives lost by remembering this moment the next time we’re asked to support a military invasion overseas. . May we demand investment in peacebuilding and infrastructure, civil society and human rights instead. . And today, may we move mountains to get as many Afghans to safety as possible. . My bravest veteran brothers and sisters are working tirelessly right now to get these peaceworkers and their families out. But even as thousands make it onto emergency transports and tens of thousands more wait their turn amid the terror and chaos, we must recognize that the flight out is only the beginning. . When these courageous Afghans, who have fought so long for a more peaceful future, land here in the US, they must not find themselves alone, with no support structure, no resources, no life to call their own. . Please consider volunteering your time, resources, and friendship to newly arrived Afghan refugees in your community. From groceries to SIM cards, diapers to ESL tutoring, there are countless needs facing families fleeing warfare when they first arrive on our shores. . To receive basic staples from members of your new community offers more than just sustenance for the body — it offers desperately needed food for the soul. . So if you are feeling helpless in the face of so much suffering, please reach out to your representatives to insist every Afghan ally get to safety and sign up with Miry’s List (link in bio) or another refugee care organization to help when they arrive. . Together as a people, we can begin the long work of healing the scars of war and vow never to repeat the same grave mistakes again.
My heart is aching. I hate that this is happening. I hate that we did the same thing in Iraq. I hate war with every fiber of my being. . That’s the most hate I’ve expressed in a long while, but it’s not directed at the people of any country. It is militarism that I hate. The shattering of peaceful lives by bombers launched from distant bases. The murder of children from the sky. . Yesterday, parents dropped their kids at nursery schools and met for coffees at street cafes. Today, a foreign military has rained fire on their land. Millions of our fellow humans — Ukrainians and Russians — woke up to find themselves at war through no choice of their own. . Make no mistake. This is not the choice of everyday Russians. No more than everyday Americans chose to transform Iraq into a moonscape. A man called from Moscow this morning to express the shame he feels about his country’s actions. “We are all just Putin’s hostages,” he said. . Citizens of militarized countries all over the world know that feeling of helplessness all too well. Whether it is our homes destroyed by the shelling, or our tax dollars paying to shell the home of another, the sense of powerlessness can be overwhelming. . But we are not powerless. We are not helpless. We must unite, now more than ever, to demand our leaders do the hard work of investing in peace. A budget is a moral document. For years, global budgets have prioritized war over life, invested in bombs at the expense of schools, missiles at the expense of hospitals. Today, as so many times before, we see the devastation those investments return. . I pray that this is a wake-up call and not a moment to double down. I pray that it is a turning point and not a crossing of the rubicon. I pray that when the history of this season is written, it is a story of awakening, a story of the world’s people, you and me, linking arms and saying no more. . If you are in Russia, stand up. If you are not, you stand up too. We are, each of us, the heroes we are waiting for. Only together can we reject the wars of our parents, the wars of arms dealers and military cronies, safe in their plush ivory towers. Together we can — and we must — demand peace.
Our beloved Toots. You were named for the artist whose colors you wore on your chest. You landed in our life like a guardian spirit, impossibly fragile, impossibly brave. From the first day you joined our family, you came with us everywhere, perched on one of our shoulders or nestled under our hair. You ate salad at cafes beside us, romped with us on evening walks, let children everywhere nuzzle your soft feathers. You reminded each person you met that however broken this world may seem, it bursts everywhere with consciousness and magic and life. . The night before you crossed the rainbow bridge, I lay with you on the sofa. I had no idea it was our last moment together. But in the stillness, I could feel your heartbeat. You turned your head so I could rub the spot under your chin. We were connected. . Today, as we let your earth body go, as so many around the world face so much inconceivable loss, I take quiet comfort in remembering that moment. The mystery that pulses under the surface, the force that connects us all. It is, in the words of the original Toots, a love that is deep as the ocean, and wide wide wide wide as the sea.
Our beloved Toots. You were named for the artist whose colors you wore on your chest. You landed in our life like a guardian spirit, impossibly fragile, impossibly brave. From the first day you joined our family, you came with us everywhere, perched on one of our shoulders or nestled under our hair. You ate salad at cafes beside us, romped with us on evening walks, let children everywhere nuzzle your soft feathers. You reminded each person you met that however broken this world may seem, it bursts everywhere with consciousness and magic and life. . The night before you crossed the rainbow bridge, I lay with you on the sofa. I had no idea it was our last moment together. But in the stillness, I could feel your heartbeat. You turned your head so I could rub the spot under your chin. We were connected. . Today, as we let your earth body go, as so many around the world face so much inconceivable loss, I take quiet comfort in remembering that moment. The mystery that pulses under the surface, the force that connects us all. It is, in the words of the original Toots, a love that is deep as the ocean, and wide wide wide wide as the sea.
Roman is a 26-year-old activist, who has been organizing peaceful protests against an abusive dictatorship since he was age 15. His girlfriend, Sofia, is a law student, focused on human rights. . For the crime of helping young people to speak out peacefully against state violence, Roman was surveiled, named a terrorist and forced to flee for his life. . He applied for asylum in Europe and believed himself finally safe to write about his dreams of freedom. Then, yesterday, Roman and Sofia were pulled from the sky. . Traveling on an Irish airliner between two European cities, their plane was diverted and forced to land by fighter jets, scrambled at the orders of the very dictator Roman has spent his teens and twenties organizing protests against. . Right now, they sit in chains in Minsk, facing brutal interrogation for the crime of peaceful protest. . Make no mistake. This was an act of international piracy, undertaken by a draconian tyrant. . But also remember this. That tyrant is scared. So scared of two students in their twenties that he had to deploy multi-million dollar fighter jets and hijack an international flight to silence their young voices. . This horror in Belarus is not the first time we have seen autocrats brought to their knees by the peaceful protests of young people. And it will not be the last. . But every outrageous use of force against the young, vocal and innocent is another reminder of youth power. Because if young people protesting peacefully in the streets did not wield the power to wipe the strongmen from the map, those strongmen would not deploy their jets and bombs to shut young voices down. . May we stand with Roman, Sofia, and the young and righteous across the globe tonight. And may we remember that older leaders may seem all powerful, but they hold this Earth in trust for the citizens of tomorrow. It is young people’s lives that will be most profoundly shaped by the mistakes we make today. And it is their voices we must amplify in the battle for a brighter dawn. . #RomanProtasevich #SofiaSapega #Belarus #IntergenerationalJustice #Now
Roman is a 26-year-old activist, who has been organizing peaceful protests against an abusive dictatorship since he was age 15. His girlfriend, Sofia, is a law student, focused on human rights. . For the crime of helping young people to speak out peacefully against state violence, Roman was surveiled, named a terrorist and forced to flee for his life. . He applied for asylum in Europe and believed himself finally safe to write about his dreams of freedom. Then, yesterday, Roman and Sofia were pulled from the sky. . Traveling on an Irish airliner between two European cities, their plane was diverted and forced to land by fighter jets, scrambled at the orders of the very dictator Roman has spent his teens and twenties organizing protests against. . Right now, they sit in chains in Minsk, facing brutal interrogation for the crime of peaceful protest. . Make no mistake. This was an act of international piracy, undertaken by a draconian tyrant. . But also remember this. That tyrant is scared. So scared of two students in their twenties that he had to deploy multi-million dollar fighter jets and hijack an international flight to silence their young voices. . This horror in Belarus is not the first time we have seen autocrats brought to their knees by the peaceful protests of young people. And it will not be the last. . But every outrageous use of force against the young, vocal and innocent is another reminder of youth power. Because if young people protesting peacefully in the streets did not wield the power to wipe the strongmen from the map, those strongmen would not deploy their jets and bombs to shut young voices down. . May we stand with Roman, Sofia, and the young and righteous across the globe tonight. And may we remember that older leaders may seem all powerful, but they hold this Earth in trust for the citizens of tomorrow. It is young people’s lives that will be most profoundly shaped by the mistakes we make today. And it is their voices we must amplify in the battle for a brighter dawn. . #RomanProtasevich #SofiaSapega #Belarus #IntergenerationalJustice #Now
Nothing explodes my heart quite like watching you two together. Happy dada’s day, my love. Can’t wait to do it all over again in August! 🙌🌟✨🥰🐾❤️
Nothing explodes my heart quite like watching you two together. Happy dada’s day, my love. Can’t wait to do it all over again in August! 🙌🌟✨🥰🐾❤️
Nothing explodes my heart quite like watching you two together. Happy dada’s day, my love. Can’t wait to do it all over again in August! 🙌🌟✨🥰🐾❤️
Nothing explodes my heart quite like watching you two together. Happy dada’s day, my love. Can’t wait to do it all over again in August! 🙌🌟✨🥰🐾❤️
Nothing explodes my heart quite like watching you two together. Happy dada’s day, my love. Can’t wait to do it all over again in August! 🙌🌟✨🥰🐾❤️
Nothing explodes my heart quite like watching you two together. Happy dada’s day, my love. Can’t wait to do it all over again in August! 🙌🌟✨🥰🐾❤️
Nothing explodes my heart quite like watching you two together. Happy dada’s day, my love. Can’t wait to do it all over again in August! 🙌🌟✨🥰🐾❤️
Nothing explodes my heart quite like watching you two together. Happy dada’s day, my love. Can’t wait to do it all over again in August! 🙌🌟✨🥰🐾❤️
Nothing explodes my heart quite like watching you two together. Happy dada’s day, my love. Can’t wait to do it all over again in August! 🙌🌟✨🥰🐾❤️
Nothing explodes my heart quite like watching you two together. Happy dada’s day, my love. Can’t wait to do it all over again in August! 🙌🌟✨🥰🐾❤️